About this episode

Dr. Marshall Shepherd discusses various aspects of meteorology, including weather phenomena and climate change.

Bomb cyclones! Polar vortices! Atmospheric rivers! And rained out barbecues. One of the world’s leading Meteorologists, Dr. Marshall Shepherd – a former NASA scientist and current Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia – is here to field a downpour of questions. We chat about percentages in forecasts, hail, sleet, storm chasing, heatwaves, fluid dynamics, TV weather people, climate change delayism and his favorite weather-themed movies. Also: what not to do with a weather balloon.

People in this episode

Host: Alie Ward

Guest: Dr. Marshall Shepherd

Topics covered

• meteorology
• climate
• weather forecasting
• atmospheric science
• storm phenomena

Keywords

• meteorology
• climate change
• weather forecasting
• storm chasing
• atmospheric rivers
• polar vortices
• bomb cyclones

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, University of Georgia

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